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WoRMS taxon details
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 123776
AphiaID: 123776
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Asterias (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Asterias Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Asterias Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asteracanthion distichum Brandt, 1851 Asteracanthion rubens Müller & Troschel, 1842 Asteracanthion violaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym) Asterias attenuata Bell, 1891 Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777 (synonym) Asterias disticha Sladen, 1889 (Synonym) Asterias fabricii Perrier, 1875 (Synonym according to Verrill (1895)) Asterias gigantea Bell, 1891 Asterias glacialis Pennant, 1777 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterias holsatica Retzius, 1805 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761 (synonym according to Madsen (1987)) Asterias murrayi Bell, 1891 (synonym according to Mortensen (1927)) Asterias pallida Perrier, 1875 Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776 (synonym) Asterias spinosa Say, 1825 (synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992)) Asterias stimpsoni Verrill, 1866 Asterias violacea O.F. Mueller, 1788 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930)) Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866 (synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992)) Stellonia rubens Nardo, 1834 Uraster rubens Forbes, 1841 Uraster violaceus Forbes, 1841 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa | Variety Asterias rubens var. migratum Sladen, 1878 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871 Subspecies Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Africa [details] Arctic Ocean [details] Bay of Biscay [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details] British Isles [details] Calais [details] Cape Cod [details] Cape Hatteras [details] De Haan [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Florida [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Greenland [details] Grevelingen [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Kattegat [details] Labrador Basin [details] Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Newfoundland Basin [details] North American Basin [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Norway [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Portugal [details] Rockall Trough [details] Sargasso Sea [details] South Carolina [details] Trondheim [details] United States Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Voordelta [details] West Africa [details] West Coast of Norway [details] West European Basin [details] Westerschelde [details] White Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Yucatan [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype (from synonym): MNHN EcAh 1799 [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | predator [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Planktonic bipinnaria and brachilaria larva. Summer [details] Distribution: Not recorded for Mediterranean [details] Distribution: Labrador to Cape Hatteras [details] Distribution: Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, on rock gravel and sand; very common all round the British Isles [details] Habitat: intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2009). Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758. In: Mah, C.L. (2009). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123776 on 2010-09-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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